Our Scans · (ZY.2.08) Military Science · Weekly Summary

• [New] Taiwanese military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology will be co-producing the Barracuda-500, an autonomous, low-cost cruise missile with Anduril Industries. The Heritage Foundation
• Once seemingly a notion of science fiction, drone swarms - ones that could use AI to coordinate hundreds or even thousands of autonomous systems on land, sea or air - have been an interest of the U.S. military for years. DefenseScoop
• While space weapons sound ripped from the pages of science fiction novels or films such as Superman II and James Bond's GoldenEye, military experts have long warned that space is likely to be the next frontier of warfare in an increasingly technology-dependent world. BBC News
• Beijing is taking advantage of Moscow's isolation to gain more opportunities to exploit Russia's extensive Arctic coastline, absorb its energy and mineral resources, develop its polar science and technological capabilities, and expand its military reach. DNyuz
• Xi Jinping is taking advantage of Russia's isolation to gain more opportunities to exploit Russia's extensive Arctic coastline, absorb its energy and mineral resources, develop its polar science and technological capabilities, and expand its military reach. The Sunday Guardian Live
• China's Science of Military Strategy asserts that military-civilian pursuits are the path to polar power, and implementing dual-use applications of polar science will assist in achieving it. RMC
• The NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Science and Technology Committee considers emerging and disruptive technologies capable of transforming future military capabilities and warfare through advanced tech applications. Eurasia Review
• The increased funding for science, technology, and military and intelligence by nations, including the U.S. and Canada, will eventually benefit from COMINT. Precedence Research
• The United States might get very little early warning of the specific science and technology (S & T) programs that China could use to create important new military capabilities that the U.S. military might confront in the future. Rand Corporation
• Defence must have a national science and technology system that enables the development of disruptive military capabilities, including harnessing advanced and emerging technologies to provide asymmetric advantage for the ADF. Defence Science Institute
• The emphasis on self-reliance in science and technology comes after the United States tightened control over the export of cutting-edge technologies to China, especially in the field of AI, which Washington said could be used to strengthen the Chinese military. CNN

Last updated: 16 February 2026